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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
15
Red Cross Seals support visiting nurses in Seattle and King County for tuberculosis patients. The Anti Tuberculosis League safeguards milk and meat quality amid wartime costs. Ladies' Aid Swedish church runs downtown sale stations to promote the cause.
A fragmented dispatch from an Austrian source questions whether Venice is a city and attacks leaders with remarks about compunctions in party ranks. The piece links discussions of Kaiser, Wilson, Clemenceau, and Lansdowne with war policy and propaganda, noting Allied cautions toward Petrograd and domestic thrift drives.
A fragment describes flat living in winter with chores like clearing sidewalks, stoking furnaces, feeding stock, thawing pumps, and keeping paths clear. It contrasts practical duties with a snowy scene of cornfields, meadows, trees, and an old rail fence, then shifts to brief notes on cheese imports and a Petrograd pay report, ending with a toast to self-reliance by Dr Anna Shaw advocating wireless Friday.
A fragmentary column blends local gossip and satirical remarks about Seattle riffraff heading to Tacoma and speculation on chief selections. It notes Hecker and Judge Mackintosh declined, with E. D. K. proposing John Clancy as a suggestion, and various light anecdotes from New Hampton and Bradford.
Special Washington report describes a growing industrial democracy in wartime. A central government formed from state and industry representatives includes leaders in steel roads coal food and labor, creating a cabinet of experts beyond party lines to mobilize all vital economic forces for victory.
An advertisement extols Peptiron as a powerful iron tonic from C. L. Hood Co. It claims iron strengthens blood and nerves, reddens pale cheeks, and boosts stamina, marketing iron in pill form with chocolate coating as easily assimilated.
Cleaning instructions describe Lux soap usage for wool sweaters and delicate yarns. It advises rubbing little, soaking until comfortable, rinsing in three waters, and using salt to set color. Drying through sun for white garments and shade for colored fabrics is recommended.
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